I felt enthralled and overwhelmed by the sculpture of Mary holding Jesus (pictured above) when I stepped into the foyer at Belle Meade United Methodist Church to film this week’s episode of Three Minute Ministry Mentor.
And the name of the sculptor grabbed my attention immediately. Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, is among my favorite poets. Yet it turns out the poet and sculptor are not the same person, but cousins, sometimes mistaken for one another.
It took some investigation to sort out the story of two Kahlil Gibrans. The sculptor of this Piata (Mary and Jesus), born in 1922, was the namesake of his elder poet-artist cousin, author of The Prophet. The younger Gibran even wrote a biography about the literary genius of the elder poet. The sculptor often rendered artistic creations from found materials that he shaped into new works of art.
Preaching Jesus can be like this. Lots of investigation and sorting out identities. Working with found materials and fashioning new works of art. #3MMM
3MMM | Episode 70: Embodied and Relational Reading
3MMM | Episode 69: Lenten Practices
3MMM | Episode 68: Permission to Read
3MMM | Episode 67: Fearing Bravely
3MMM | Episode 66: Permission to Grieve
3MMM | Episode 65: Permission to Laugh
3MMM | Episode 64 - Podcasts and Permission
Episode 63: Advent Part 2
3MMM | Episode 62: Advent Part 1
3MMM Episode 61: No-Win Situations
Episode 60: Helping Pastors Thrive
Episode 59: Called to Collaborate
3MMM Episode 58: Grief Rituals
3MMM Episode 57: Caring for Grief
3MMM Episode 56: Community Grief
3MMM Episode 54: Listening in Community
3MMM Episode 53: BONUS! More on Spacious Conversations
3MMM Episode 52: Spacious Conversations with Danielle Tumminio Hansen
3MMM Episode 51: Thinking Theologically with Eric Barreto
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